I am writing as a retired MSW, and a Catholic mother of three, with 6 young grandchildren. I strongly object to any limitation you think you can place on counseling, religious or otherwise, regarding a young person’s issues around sexual identity. A professional, experienced, and ethical counselor can be of great value in exploring the feelings that trouble a young person, and it should not be feared that such a counselor would try to exploit the young person’s vulnerability. The possibility that he or she may wholeheartedly wish to live in a moral way, in keeping with their faith tradition,  is often likely, and not something the young person can comfortably share with a pastor or parent.  Don’t deny these children the opportunity to explore how to make peace with conflicting feelings and convictions. Not to mention the fact that it is the right of parents to provide guidance and counsel for their minor children, and that the secular culture often provides confusing and conflicting messages that minors need to sort through. To some degree, this kind of regulatory overreach begins to bear a resemblance to the efforts of totalitarian governments to control children's’ minds, in opposition to the basic rights of the children's’ own parents. Do not do it.